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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

U. S. State Department Helps Russian Bogus Claim to North Pole

U. S. State
Department Helps
Russian Bogus Claim to North Pole

The U. S. State Department is actively
helping the Russian government in its bogus claim to the seabeds under the
North Pole and beyond. The North Pole seabeds may actually be
American. Five American islands lie between the
Russian mainland and the North Pole: Wrangell, Herald, Bennett,
Jeannette, and Henrietta. (See map below.) The State Department has agreed
with the Russian government to a de facto abandonment of American
sovereignty over these islands and the 200-mile exclusive economic zones
around them without any Congressional or public review. The 1990 maritime boundary agreement was
secretly negotiated by the State Department. This executive
agreement sets a maritime boundary between Alaska and Siberia that put the
five American islands in the Arctic and their exclusive economic zones on
the Russian side. It was signed by Secretary of State James A. Baker
III. Congress, the State of Alaska, and the American public were
excluded from any participation. Tens of thousands of square miles
of valuable seabeds were surrendered to the Russians without any benefit
to the American public. Billions of barrels of oil and gas resources
along with vast fisheries have effectively been given away to the Russians
by the State Department. Over the past two decades the State Department
has received tens of thousands of petitions to stop the giveaway.
The legislatures of the States of Alaska and California have protested.
Numerous national and local groups have urged a stop to the giveaway.
The executive agreement could be revoked with the stroke of a pen.
However, the State Department adamantly defends the giveaway. The State Department should actively be
asserting American sovereignty over these five islands and explore what
claims the exclusive economic zones and outercontinental shelf entitle the
United States to the North Pole seabeds.